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Ward v Beck v Mensah - Where does Mensah Fit in 2026?

OrangeBowlMagic said:
I don't care too much about Mensah's individual stats, at the end of the day the game is scoring points.

2024 we were #1 in the country and averaged 42.9 PPG

2025 we were #32 in the country and averaged 30.0 PPG.

IMO those numbers are impacted greatly by the defense each team had. So, while I think the 2026 offense could get close to 2024, it likely won't have to, and as much as we "Let it Rip" at the end of 2025, Mario and Dawson are simply not going to play like Cam played in 2024 if we have big leads in the 2nd half of games and our defense is shutting down the opposing offense.

I think 2026 settles somewhere around 35.0 PPG, which is usually somewhere around 12th in the country. Mensah is closer to Ward than Beck in terms of talent and playmaking ability.
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Spot on

**** the team stats we have Top 10 on both sides of the ball barring a lot of injuries

I expect to see Nickel and/or Coleman quite a bit this year
 
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AlexCane said:
Unfortunately, the defense Cam had was bad, forcing us to play a little more up-tempo, high scoring games than I'm sure Mario prefers. If this defense plays like we expect, I wouldn't expect to see too many shoot outs. That'll hurt his stats.
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But with a good defense he gets the ball back more also.. It evens out over course of season..
 
AlexCane said:
Unfortunately, the defense Cam had was bad, forcing us to play a little more up-tempo, high scoring games than I'm sure Mario prefers. If this defense plays like we expect, I wouldn't expect to see too many shoot outs. That'll hurt his stats.
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The flipside of that is Mario doesn't take the foot off the gas anymore. We're bombing away late in the game vs. Pitt and VT for style points. I don't expect that to change.
 
Trav said:
The flipside of that is Mario doesn't take the foot off the gas anymore. We're bombing away late in the game vs. Pitt and VT for style points. I don't expect that to change,
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Last year, we didn’t have the depth at WR to really blow teams out. I always felt we kept Beck on a leash as well. This year, we will have the firepower on offense to light up the scoreboard, paired with one of the best teams in the country. I really think this is the year we start running through the ACC
 
Our Offense is going to be balanced. So I am thinking maybe close to Beck's numbers.

Either way we should be up by 5 TDs at HT during most of our games.
 
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Pearson704 said:
Tough comp b/c those Beck and Ward numbers were generated in Miami, whereas Mensah's numbers come from Duke.

That said, he'll be less flashy than Cam but more efficient.
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He'll have better weapons than Cam had, so anything is possible.
 
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I think yall over state how much our defense effected our offense in 2024, they would have scored that much regardless because they were that good

This year’s team will most likely get more scoring opportunities because they will force more 3 and outs and get more turnovers, so thats better field position for the offense.

We should be averaging 40 a game
 
I think he’s gonna have stats similar to Beck but a lot more efficient.

I think Fletcher has the best season by a RB since McGahee. I know OL is new and all that. But Fletcher just seemed to hit something new in the CFP.

I just don’t see us needing Mensah to will us to wins. Until our defense is as bad as it was in ‘24, no QB will replicate what Cam did. I think Beck is the norm under Mario. Maybe some more explosive plays this year. But all in all, I don’t see us sniffing ‘24. It’s just not necessary.
 
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